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Economic and Social Council                                

2004 Organizational Session                                

3^rd Meeting (AM)

Commission for Social Development                          

Forty-Second Session                                       

FAO brings 60 countries to table for global fisheries trade

meeting, 10 - 14 February, in Bremen, Germany

Event Parallels Fish International Trade Fair

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ROME, 5 February (FAO) -- The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) will convene an international meeting on world fish trade from 10 to 14 February

2004 in Bremen, Germany.

HEALTH EXPERTS CALL FOR TARGETED STRATEGY, INCLUDING

POULTRY VACCINATION, TO HELP CURB AVIAN FLU

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Secretary-General Kofi Annan travelled to Washington, D.C., on Tuesday morning, 3 February, to meet with President George W. Bush and other senior US officials, as part of the regular exchanges he holds twice a year with officials in Washington.

REACHING MILLENNIUM GOALS REQUIRES TAPPING HUMAN CREATIVITY, INNOVATION TO FULLEST

EXTENT, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS AT LAUNCH OF INTERACADEMY COUNCIL REPORT

Following is the text of opening remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the launch of the InterAcademy Council Report, “Inventing a Better Future:  A Strategy for Building Worldwide Capacities in Science and Technology”, today:

International Reconstruction Conference                    

 on Liberia                                                

Economic and Social Council                                

2004 Organizational Session                                

2^nd Meeting (AM)

MULTILATERAL APPROACHES ARE EFFECTIVE IN COUNTERING THREAT OF MASS DESTRUCTION

WEAPONS, BUT SERIOUS GAPS REMAIN, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS ADVISORY BOARD

Following is the text of remarks, as delivered by Secretary-General Kofi Annan, to the Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters, in New York today:

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